James Robertson Justice (15 June 1907 - 2 July 1975) was a popular English character actor in British films of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ...

Life and work

Some reference works say he was born in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in 1905. However, his birth certificate shows he was born in Lewisham in South London, in 1907. Justice helped perpetuate the myth about Wigtown as he felt strongly about his Scottish ancestry. , Wigtown (Gd: Baile na h-Ùige) is a town and former royal burgh in the Machars of Galloway in the south west of Scotland , south of Newton Stewart and east of Stranraer. ... Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. ... South London area South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. ... This article is about the country. ...

James Robertson Justice worked as a journalist and botanist, fought in the Spanish Civil War, on the Republican side and served as a sailor in World War II. He unsuccessfully contested a constituency for the Labour Party in the 1950 general election. It has been suggested that Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War be merged into this article or section. ... Anthem El Himno de Riego Capital Madrid Language(s) Spanish Government Republic President  - 1931–1936 Niceto Alcalá-Zamora  - 1936–1939 Manuel Azaña Legislature Congress of Deputies Historical era Interwar period  - Monarchy abolished April 14, 1931  - Spanish Civil War 1936–1939  - Surrender to Franco April 1, 1939 Currency Spanish peseta... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Labour Party is an Anti-English political party in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. ...

He served as secretary of the British Ice Hockey Association in the early 1930s and managed the national team at the 1932 European Championships in Berlin to finish in seventh place. He combined his administrative duties in 1931-32 with a season as goaltender with the London Lions. ^{[citation needed]}

As an actor, with his dominant personality and booming voice he soon established himself as a major supporting player in British comedy films, especially the "Doctor" series of the 1950s and 1960s, beginning with Doctor in the House in 1954 playing Sir Lancelot Spratt. Doctor in the House is a 1954 British comedy film, directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box. ... The year 1954 in film involved some significant events. ...

In his films he was sometimes credited as Seamus Mòr na Feusag (Scottish Gaelic, translation: Big James with the Beard), James R. Justice, James Robertson or James Robertson-Justice.

He appeared in four films starring Gregory Peck. Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ...

On 31 August 1957 James helped launch the TV station Scottish Television, hosting the channel's first show, This is Scotland. is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Scottish Television (now legally known as STV Central Ltd and referred to on-air as STV) is Scotlands largest ITV franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since August 31, 1957. ...

From 1957 to 1960, and again from 1963 to 1966, he was Rector of the University of Edinburgh. The Lord Rector of Edinburgh University is elected every three years by the students and staff at the University of Edinburgh. ...

A biography called James Robertson Justice — What's The Bleeding-Time? (named after a joke in the first Doctor film) is due to be published by Tomahawk Press in September 2007.(ISBN 0953192679)

Selected Films

• Vice Versa (1947)
• Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
• Quartet (1948)
• Whisky Galore! (1949)
• Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
• David and Bathsheba (1951)
• The Sword and the Rose (1953)
• Doctor in the House (1954)
• Doctor at Sea (1955)
• Doctor at Large (1957)
• Orders to Kill (1958)
• Raising the Wind (1961)
• Murder, She Said (1961)
• Very Important Person (1961)
• The Guns of Navarone (1961) (also narrated)
• The Fast Lady 1962
• Doctor in Distress (1963)
• You Must be Joking! (1965)
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) (narrator)
• Doctor in Clover (1966)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

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External links

• James Robertson Justice at the Internet Movie Database
• Britmovie - James Robertson Justice
• Gazetteer for Scotland James Robertson Justice
• James Robertson Justice Website